eu·ro /ˈjʊr(ˌ)o/
  euro
       n : the basic monetary unit of most members of the European
           Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European
           nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the
           Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece,
           Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of
           money and abandoned their traditional currencies